Pharmacy/hydroxyzine

Questionhi,i take 10mg of hydroxyzine every night for hives.does long term use of hydroxyzine cause tardive dyskinesia/I get both yes and no answers on articles

AnswerRoger

Although there are reports of dyskinesia resulting from use of Hyrdroxyzine, the incidence has not been sufficient for the manufacturers / developers to quantify the actual likelihood. I would therefore conclude that it is a potential, but very rare occurrence.

Any risk is also likely to be dose-related, so if your daily dose is small the risks would be much lower.

Nigel Simmons

Expertise

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